Oh, no!

The boys are currently freaking out as the XBox 360 is broken. Not working. Refuses to let them spazz out. Oh, no! What ever will we do? Ryan doesn't know what to do with himself and Ethan is constantly demanding to know when Scott is going to fix it. Turns out we have to send it back to Microsoft to get fixed. Oh joy.

In the meantime, I think the Wii will be getting alot more attention for now.

Funny!

So Jeff has been on something for the last few days and it's making me laugh. For example, this morning he's basically "annoying" Ethan and when Ethan grumbles to him, what does Jeff do? Looks at his big brother and says, "Ha ha!" Think Nelson from The Simpsons. No idea where he learned it from as we haven;t watched The Simpsons for a long time and none of us really say it.

Another time he growled, then glared at me when i told him he couldn't do something. He was truly mad at me, it was funny! He looks like my brother Fred when he does that face, which explains why they get along so well, lol.

Now, just take the hilarity of those two situations and multiply them by about ten and you've got the mood of the last several days, lol.

Getting back into the swing of things

Preschool started back up for Vanessa today, although the time changed from 8:30 am to 9:30 am instead. Miss Stephanie, Vanessa's teacher was on maternity leave for the entire month of February, so Vanessa was really excited to go today. She was ready by 9 am and wanted to leave then, but I managed to delay her a bit longer. ;-)

Jeff and are now at my parents' house, since it's right down the road from the preschool. Besides, Vanessa told me, "We're going to Papa & Tutu's after I'm done with preschool, Mom." So, instead of driving back and forth, here we are. There are alot more fun toys here than at our house, apparently, as Jeff has been playing non-stop since we got here. I'm thinking I'll have to buy some Chevron Cars toys for our house 'cause he loves the one Tutu collected for Ryan when he was little.

It's kind of weird having only Jeff with me, but I'm sure I'll eventually get used to to it....like next week, lol63.

Things my kids say at a funeral

On Thursday evening we headed up to Heber (we also slept over) to attend the wake of a very dear family friend who passed away last week. I've known this family since I was little; I grew up with their kids and grandkids in Hawaii. The patriarch, after a few years of failing health, peacefully passed away at his home, surrounded by his loved ones.

I miss him. He was like my grandpa, and quite the funny man. His funeral was quite the tribute to his life.

But, the next time I have to attend a funeral, I think I'll go by myself or wait until my kids are older. Here's some of things they said and/or did during the two days we were there:

Ryan: "Mom, I'm bored." Sorry, hon. I would sing and dance to occupy you, but I don't think it would be appropriate to do so in the middle of a wake.

Ethan: "Why are we going to the funeral AGAIN? We went yesterday." No, yesterday was the wake; today is the actual funeral, hon.

Vanessa: "Mom, I have to go potty!" Said quite loudly, three times in less than five minutes, DURING the funeral service.

Ryan: "I wish I'd gone to school today." Said after the funeral service was over, and while we were waiting for the luncheon to start. *sigh*

Ethan: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" After he accidentally set off the fire alarm in the church building. In his defense, the alarm was already defective and the slightest movement of the plastic covering set the alarm off.

Vanessa: "If he went home to Heavenly Father, why is he still here?" While poiting to the body in the casket when we said our final good-byes. Okay, so it made alot of people laugh; it was cute.

In hindsight, I can now laugh about these gems. But, at the time, the kids were really truing my patience! ;-)